Entries Tagged PFAS

Traditional approaches to PFAS treatment like reverse osmosis and adsorption media like granular activated carbon do not eliminate the risk of contamination. That’s...

No local municipal water services or infrastructure existed when the University of Central Florida was constructed in the 1960s as a source...

The EPA and the U.S. Army have launched a project to test water near Army sites for PFAS. This initiative will sample private...

Researchers at Ritsumeikan University recently proposed a room-temperature defluorination method using visible light to break down PFAS and other perfluorinated polymers (PFs)...

A team from UNSW Sydney’s School of Chemistry — led by Dr. Jun Sun and professor Naresh Kumar — has developed a...

Associations representing water utilities, along with the chemical and manufacturing industries, have filed court challenges against the new federal rule to limit...

Scientists at UC Riverside, led by Professor Haizhou Liu, have discovered a chemical process that could help water providers comply with new...

A new map created by the Environmental Working Group recently revealed that many water systems across the nation exceed proposed safety limits...

As concerns continue to grow about PFAS compounds in wastewater streams, treatment plant operators have become responsible for detecting and monitoring those...

In 1982 Doug Armstrong started as an operator trainee at the South Wastewater Treatment Plant in Addison, Illinois. At age 20, he was...

Veolia — a large private operator of water services in the United States — has reached a new milestone in its treatment...

A cyberattack in January linked to a Russia-affiliated group caused a water tank to overflow in a small Texas town, reports CNN....

A new study suggests a greener approach to wastewater treatment could be a win-win for both the environment and citizens' wallets. Researchers propose...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for the first time has established enforceable limits for multiple types of PFAS. The announcement came April 10,...